@Mark: I cannot speak as to which versions of Chrome this affects, but I started having the problem when I upgraded to 17. I am currently using 27 and the problem has not returned, so at least those versions.

As for effecting other apps, I also cannot say it will not ill-affect any other apps, but I can say that I was also having a problem reading text inside of my Spotify app, and that is also no longer an issue. YMMV…

Hope this helps,
Atg