Yes, I know they've been there for multiple versions. It seems like the solution to anything people dislike about the W8 interfaces is a keyboard shortcut. If that's the case, why even include mouse drivers?

Most people aren't geeks or touch typists. They're used to controlling their systems with mice, often using the keyboard only when they have to enter characters. Now we're supposed to bombard them with more keystrokes than they'll effectively learn. Hell, I'm not going to remember most of them myself.