It looks like a "wide-event" is just a structured log, you can send any log containing json to sumo/splunk at it'll parse it out as fields for you. So as I'm understanding it you're advocating for structured logs (which is fine, those are great).
If you want a point-and-click interface to log searching I agree that some percentage of people like to start there (and I think splunk may even have that too), so I'm not opposed to it existing at all, but I feel very strongly that having the more sophisticated capabilities if you want to move beyond a point-click is a requirement.
If you want a point-and-click interface to log searching I agree that some percentage of people like to start there (and I think splunk may even have that too), so I'm not opposed to it existing at all, but I feel very strongly that having the more sophisticated capabilities if you want to move beyond a point-click is a requirement.