I responded to the invitation of busy.org to be a beta tester of their new platform. You can read more about it here
If you want to know some of the new things that will be included in this new version, check their wiki here: https://github.com/busyorg/busy/wiki/%5BND%5D-Tester
So let's jump into it, shall we?
The Text Editor : 7/ 10 (Revised to 9/10 -> See top comment by 
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To be honest, this is the one thing that is the most important for me: a well functioning text editor. This is the first thing I tested and it' been just a charm to work with. It's beautiful and easy to work with. So why am I giving it a 7/10? Well 2 things.
The text isn't auto-saved. So if by mistake I were to click and lose my page, I could potentially have all that I have written lost. This is one of those features that I LOVE on steemit.com
The ICON to submit a post is not ideal. I would use something much more self evident than a small icon of a pen on the top right. I like the obviousness of the blue button that we have on steemit.com
Apart from those 2 things. This is a really cool interface to work with.
Navigation: 7/10
Navigating Busy.org new interface is easy and pleasing to the eyes. I like the suggestion box on the right side of the navigation. It helps discovery of new authors and content.
One thing that becomes to be clearer and clearer as time go by is that I can't wait for communities to be implemented. I don't enjoy the trending section. Too much stuff that I am not interested about. But that can't be a criticism of busy.
I like that the icons under the post are big enough for me to jump directly to the comment section of a post.
But I think the interface miss the point...I wish the app was different enough from steemit.com to justify it's existence.
The image thumbnails are beautiful and it would make it a perfect platform to post photos, outbound links with a short commentary "a la facebook". An "Album" function would be wonderful. If all interactions happened in the newsfeed than I think we would have a winner here.
Bottom line, the experience is too much like steemit.com in my opinion.
Conclusion
In the next few weeks, I'll make a point of using busy.org for most of my interaction with the STEEM blockchain. Whenever I find something to review, I'll post a blog about it.