I have been evaluating the trial version of NetDiagram on and off again over the past month.  Our requirement is to display swim lane diagrams with source data coming from a database.  Initially, the diagrams will be displayed only (no editing capability).
I have no experience with Java applets at this time.
From the demos if would certainly seem that JDiagram is going to offer our users a much better UI experience than NetDiagram when we open it up to editing.
So, my question is should I use both of these tools, and if not, which one?
Is the programmatic interface with JDiagram the same or similar to NetDiagram?  Will the work I've already done to render diagrams in NetDiagram be reusable for JDiagram?
And one last question, do most organizations (we have a SaaS app) enable Java applets in their browsers or this a pretty standard thing these days?

As a newbie to MindFusion and to Java applets, any advice would be most welcomed.
Jim