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1366x768 overtook 1024x768 as the most popular in 2012.

But most tech startups here are targetting early adopters initially so that doesn't include all of those people in China or India running XP in cybercafes.

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But perhaps it should include all of those people in coffee shops using Surfaces and ChromeBooks and MacBook Airs.

Is this really a problem? Responsive design is extremely popular among startups.

I highly doubt most modern websites don't support 1366x768. Every front-end team I've worked with tests on iPads and smaller screens. I have a feeling the OP speculating and making blanket stereotypes against designers. But these designers almost always work with front-end developers who take usability seriously and any good teams have feedback loops to correct these issues.

I've been running into it a fair bit lately. Good designers might get it, but apparently not all designers are equally thoughtful.

Yeah, definite problem. I ran 1280x1024 until last month when that monitor (lcd, from 1999) finally died. The web was a horrible place and made me angry at humanity. I've got 1920x1080 now, and I now have enough screen pixels to see what they were fucking up my 1280 for. Not worth it.

Most people don't run their web browser in full-screen mode.

People with 11" or 13" Macbooks inevitably do. Same thing for people with 13" PCs, the ones called ultrabooks. People start using non maximized windows at 15", more if on a Mac because the UI encourages full screen windows. The trend to large fonts means that PC users with 1366x768 screens don't see much of a page if they keep windows small. Combining all those factors, most laptops users browse the web with full screen browsers. Tablets are always run full screen. I'm on a full HD 15" laptop and very rarely maximize windows, but I see I'm an exception when I look at co-workers screens.

Oh, that surprises me. What are the figures on that?

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