chromedriver bug workaround

fuckery.js

    function clickElementById(id, timesTriedAlready) {
      // var elem = element(by.id(id));
      // elem.click();

      // TRY: https://github.com/seleniumhq/selenium-google-code-issue-archive/issues/2766#issuecomment-191963206
      // Mason 2017-04-08

      var elem = element(by.id(id));

      var maxIterations   = 10;
      var iterationCount  = timesTriedAlready || 0;

      var successFunc = function () {
        console.log('w00t w00t clickElementById() succeeded.');
      };

      var failureFunc = function (err) {

        iterationCount++;

        console.log('ALERTALERTALERT clickElementById() failed:', err);

        if (iterationCount < maxIterations) {

          console.log("...recursively re-invoking click...");
          browser.sleep(1000);
          clickElementById(id, iterationCount);

        } else {

          console.log('ALERTALERTALERT FAILFAILFAIL clickElementById() failed PERMANENTLY due to exceeding max iterations:', maxIterations, err);
        }
      };

      elem.click().then(successFunc, failureFunc);
    }