Two replies seemed to indicate that my first item
*1 Auto refresh of forum page when Topics are added or modified. To be clear, the user should not have to refresh the browser window to see new content. Unread content should be clearly indicated.*
is supported OOTB. But I have been testing this by watching the “Features” category and this does not seem to be the case. I watch for a while and the is no update and then I refresh the browser and there is new content.
Is there anyway to enable auto refresh, it really a must for our use case.