Martin,
I may be an old fogy but I don't see any real use for your "warpsnap" idea unless you have a very small screen (about the size 10 inch tablet). My 30 inch (2560x1600) monitor has enough space without trying to be smart.
What I would like to see is the return of WARPIN as the main way of installing software rather than trying to use yum to convert OS/2 to Linux