I think the lists in menus should all act as selector wheels (like on a mobile device, when you're picking a date or time or some other list, the selector row is always centered while the list scrolls underneath it.
There's also a very confusing thing that happens in the contacts panel when many contacts are present, the lists will re-order itself very quickly and while I thought it was supposed to be keeping distance as the sorting parameter, often farther away materials will appear higher on the list, so that can't be the whole story.
I think using a selector wheel style would help this too, since the selected bar will always be centered, when the list moves around the highlighted row will stay still. Hopefully this would prove less confusing.
There's also a very confusing thing that happens in the contacts panel when many contacts are present, the lists will re-order itself very quickly and while I thought it was supposed to be keeping distance as the sorting parameter, often farther away materials will appear higher on the list, so that can't be the whole story.
I think using a selector wheel style would help this too, since the selected bar will always be centered, when the list moves around the highlighted row will stay still. Hopefully this would prove less confusing.