Implement a improved event viewer for system log files, with rich search features

The idea is to either improve it or write a new "event viewer" application. Instead of opening logs manually (which is a non-user friendly process), the Event Viewer tool would use the info from the /etc/syslog.conf file to automatically find and open log files, according to event type (ex: mail.info instead of /var/log/mail). Other desirable features are: search inside log files (including zipped ones); better formatting for common events; better navigation options (filtering by time of the day, date, etc.); and better summary reports (log analysis tools).