There is a workaround to do this with conditional formating: Add a Numbers column where you put a sequential number (1,2,3,4,etc.) for each row. Add a Formula column with the following formula MOD({Seq Number},2). This will give you eather 0 or 1. Then do a conditional formatting for the row based on the value in the formula.
Yes, that is true. Unfortunately it does not work if you swap items around. But at least for ‘static’ boards it can help. Agree that its not great though.