I respectfully request a simpler way to grab loot. Possbily a way to click on them and make them easier to get to. I know many people have a difficult time "running" into loot and a possible way to see what it might be so you can know if it's possble to grab it or too big for your hold. Thanks.

if you target it, it should show how much is there and what it is.

Try the 'b' key. If you had read the tutorials, you'd know this.

There are also about a dozen plug ins...

Step one: Learn to fly. In particular, learn to stop and fly slowly. If you cannot manage to stop your ship completely, aim dead-on at the loot, and fly directly into it, then you need to try harder or get some physical therapy. No excuses.

Step two: Learn to "target in front" by pressing 'b', or scrolling the mouse wheel, or (on android) pressing and holding the "target" button and selecting "target in front". The game doesn't do a good job of making clear how this works. I'm sure the tutorials mention it in a couple places, but honestly there is a lot of text in the tutorials. I don't blame newbies for missing this bit.

Step three (at least on PC): Learn to press F1 while in space without the PDA active, which displays a very handy list of important binds, which includes this one (labeled "Select Next In Front").

Yeah I play on the android device now. I used to play a little on my ubuntu box about 3 years ago so if I had learned it in the tutorial I had forgotten. Thank you @Pizzasgood. I'm picking up the game again because of the android support. I would like to see more implemented.

We intend to add touch-selection for Android and other touchscreen devices. That would cover floating items, as well as things like ships and asteroids and so on.