Tiny annoying material drag'n'drop behaviour

Hi Mcneel
When displaying the material tab, there is the smallest of delays from when you click the material until it “registeres”, so that you can drag it onto geometry. If you click and drag in one motion, oftentimes the material will not have been “activated” in time, resulting in the material being selected in the list, but not being able to drop it onto geometry. Sometimes it drives me insane! I know it’s probably in the papercut section, but is there any chance of improving this (or maybe the latency there for a reason)?
TIA, Jakob

Which mode is in use in the material editor. Tree, grid or list view?