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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.

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