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You read more into my answer than was there so that's your issue to deal with. Once the question was clear you got your answer then proceeded to spin it into something it was not. I will let others answer your questions from here on and save us both the aggravation

The functionality of the middle mouse button was initially given to the map view and that was it's primary function, later we added it as a switch to the mini when it was obvious that would work with that as well but there is no other shortcut for the mini switch as it was assumed everyone has a functioning three button mouse now.