I normally browse using Firefox with the NoScript add-on. The other day I was using Chrome, and following an HN link, the article had an ad with colored balloons cascading down the screen. On another site, I got a pop-under ad. On yahoo News, the javascript took so long to load the browser locked up for ~10 seconds - I couldn't even scroll. Using Chrome felt similar to browsing in the mid-2000's.

Honestly, I think the overuse of javascript on media sites has become so f'ing obnoxious that I don't know how people put up with it.