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Seems like most people are on the same page for dice rolling. I'm no different.

Roll in the open,
Declare what is being rolled for and applicable modifiers,
Pick up failures and allow my opponent to acknowledge the result before moving on.

For the dice themselves...
They need to be perfectly consistent in design. Meaning... All the same size. All pips or all numbers. Symbols need to be all 6's or all 1's.
I don't mind if the dice are different colors, but the pips or numbers must all be the same color. This is simply an aspect of visibility.

Speaking of visibility, I find that light glare can sometimes make dice with a polished surface and pips difficult to read.

My personal preference for dice is 12mm in size, matte finish with numbers.

Oh... One more thing... Anyone who plays with casino dice can seriously feth off.

I have a quirk or a process that I forgot to mention.

In my games, I have a pool of unrolled dice and a pool of dice that have been used. I take from the unrolled dice pool until it is empty and then recycle after all of them have been used.

This way all the dice get used in hopes that my rolls overall through the game will be as average as my dice can produce. In other words it curbs the possibility of repeatedly using the same dice that may be prone to rolling a particular high or low result.

Another one for me that I just thought of... I absolutely hate having dice all over the play area. Once the attack, save, etc. is completed please immediately clear all of your dice off the play area.

It also bothers me when people mark out there deployment zone with dice. I think this bothers me because I don't like having dice all over the table, but I know a lot people do it so I just deal with it; except on those very rare occasions where they like to leave the dice in place even after deployment is finished and the first round has begun.