I
had another report of text overlaying images; Chrome again, so I decided to
follow some web authoring discussion forums.
It would appear that the phenomenon is well known and has come and gone from
Chrome over several years as versions change. It is said that it will occur
only when a float and clear instruction occur on the same page which
doesn’t quite fit the bill on Bonkers because every page includes at least one
clear instruction and reports are that only some images are affected.
A number of solutions are suggested, all variants of the same thing, but
that itself introduces a new problem which requires yet another dodge to
circumvent. Until I experience the problem myself experimentation is not practical.
One professional web author says he specifically excludes working around Google Chrome bugs
from maintenance contracts because they never stay the same which would make the contract
prohibitively expensive. A helpful tips webpage acknowledges that Chrome is extremely
popular but that it is by far the most bug ridden browser and goes on to list
the worst Chrome bugs and how to overcome some of them. Overlaid text is not in the top ten bugs listed.
When the Chrome bug afflicts me it may be possible to tackle it but until then
(or someone lends me an affected computer) it looks as though the only way around it is not to use Chrome.
Approximately 40% of Bonkers readers are using Chrome. If only four are
experiencing the problem that is well under 1% of Chrome users. More than
half of readers on mobile devices are using Safari on an Apple.