From Correspondent Ann Kellan

NEW YORK (CNN) -- In the browser war, Netscape and Microsoft are the two main competitors but there are other contenders, too. Which choice is best is definitely debatable.

Visit New York's Cyber Cafe and you'll find fans from both camps.( 204K/16 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)

For the still undecided, here are some of the differences between Netscape's browser, called Navigator, and Microsoft's version, the Internet Explorer.

The Netscape Navigator browser

• For starters, say the experts, Explorer caters more to Windows users while Netscape offers better support to all operating systems.

• The "history" button on Explorer's tool bar allows you return to sites you've visited before but neglected to put on your favorites list. The feature "organizes things chronologically," explains John Clyman, senior online editor of PC Magazine. ( 102K/07 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)

Netscape does the same thing, if you know where to look. Choose "history" on the menu bar and you'll see where you've been in your current session. To go back even further -- days or even weeks -- type "about:global" (without the quotation marks) in the location box and hit return.

The Internet Explorer browser

• As Explorer users type in the first few letters of the Web address they're trying to reach, the browser automatically anticipates the rest of the word. "So if you don't want to go there you have to backspace," says computer analyst Frank Price, a Netscape fan. "It sort of makes these assumptions about you." But the latest version of Netscape does the same thing.

• One unique feature of Explorer doesn't even involve the Internet. The Microsoft browser, says Clyman, can be used to surf your hard drive, just like you would the Web. ( 2 min. 11 sec. VXtreme video)

• Both browsers do more than browse, offering e-mail, conferencing and basic tools for creating a Web page. And, says Clyman, there's something else they have in common -- frequent crashing. ( 102K/06 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)

• Netscape and Internet Explorer are free and take up a sizable 10 to 24 megabytes on your hard drive, depending on the features you choose. A less publicized browser called Opera is smaller and speedier than the others, Clyman says. ( 102K/06 sec. AIFF or WAV sound)

Bottom line: There's not a huge difference between Explorer and Netscape. So, preferences in the browser war may be less about features and more a matter of what users get used to.