Today, the KDE community released KDE 4.2.0, codename “The Answer” which brings improved Desktop User Experience, Applications and Development Platform. KDE 4.2.0 comes packed with new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Here a brief overview of what users can expect from this released.

Desktop User Experience

• Further refinement of the Plasma desktop interface makes organizing your workspace easier.
• New and improved applets.
• KWin offers smooth and efficient window management.
• New and improved workspace tools to increase productivity.
• Support for several new languages have been added.

Applications

• The Dolphin file manager now has a slider to easily adjust the icon size. Further user interface improvements include tooltips with previews.
• Improved email list views in KMail.
• Better experience in web browsing using Konqueror.

You can check KDE 4.2.0 Visual Guide to get more ideas on the new features and improvements in KDE 4.2.0. Check this interview between OSnews and a KDE developer, Aaron Seigo.