After months of private beta testing, the DuckDuckGo browser for Mac beta is now available to anyone (grab it here if you’re interested in checking it out). The company started as a privacy-oriented search engine and now offers mobile apps and browser extensions, all aimed at reducing the ability of companies to track your every move online.
The next logical step is for the company to make its own web browser, so that’s exactly what it’s doing. I spent a few days with the DuckDuckGo beta and, while I like what I see so far, it’s not quite ready to be my everyday browser just yet. It’s clean, simple, and performs well, but it lacks a few features that are table stakes in modern desktop browsers such as extension support and syncing bookmarks and passwords across devices.
