i don’t see why one shouldn’t be able to open logs from the dashboard… so long as they aren’t loaded all the time… logs from just a day can be like 60mb+ which then may be loaded every time one refreshes the node dashboard.
i’m using brightsilences awk color log script… not sure if its actually located anywhere else
but i like it… we did kinda highjack the idea from nerdatwork…
and yet that is how it often goes in the world of invention.
but maybe try out his version first 
its not the first to market that wins out, but the one with the best color scheme lol