alignment of 2x2 tilings

a further minor point :

creating a 2x2 workspace by first splitting into two rows and then each
row into two columns nicely aligns the title bars in the lower row,
reducing a bit the size in the lower left window (to account for the
status bar).

splitting first into two columns, than each column into two rows does
not achieve this alignment. I was once told that this is as it should
be, but should it?

I would think the final 2x2 layout should always look the same (and
have aligned title bars). would this really require some "dirty"
fiddling?

joerg