Java 5 update breaks Lightzone program

I have just installed the new Java Update 5 for 10.6 and found that it stops Lightcrafts Lightzone 3.9 program from starting. This program is a great photo editor which depends on Java and I have had to restore OS X back to what it was before this Java update.
It is reported that Apple will no longer provide support for Java in OS X. Where does that leave users of such a program as Lightzone?

Had way too much work but I have this working.
Avocent says to delete Firefox 3 and install Firefox 2. This is supposed to force the applet to download again, but it didn't. Making the changes in the Java Preferences mentioned above didn't help. Here's what I had to do - it is now working:
1) Apple Support says the only way to downgrade Java is to do an Archive and Install the OS, then install all updates EXCEPT the Java update - done.
2) Go into Java Preferences and Java Web Start - delete the Avocent Applet from Java Web Start. I did that before the Archive and Install but it didn't help until I changed Java Preferences back to using J2SE 5.0 as the preferred version this afternoon.
3) I don't know if you have to take Firefox out and install it again or not. Since I was using Firefox 3 they seemed to think deleting it and replacing it with Firefox 2 would force the download of the Applet but I did that several times in combination with the Java Web Start. It didn't matter until I flipped the Java Preferences to the J2SE 5.0. It's working again with Firefox 3.

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