It was a perfect combination for me, MC server went live while I was off work with nothing to do mixed with getting a silk touch pick meant I could mine and instantly build. This time around, I've played a lot but nothing like the time I did the first week mixed with having to smelt everything is adding extra time. At a rough estimate, since the new server has gone up I've collected about half the resources I had and done no building. This isn't a complaint, just highlighting that it would be silly to wait until everyone is back where they were.
F7 function? I just tried it and it did nothing.
Edit: Googled it, ohhh I never knew yu could do that.