I wish they would get the clue about things like this, that way we’d get rid of those god awful progression orbs in rifts. All they had to do was make them whisk away to the progress bar and boom, visual cue without obnoxious intrusion into combat/gameplay.
As for the materials themselves, at this point I’d just settle for one click sucks up everything in a large radius. Click a gem or material, all of them get sucked up. Not equipment of course, just currencies.