&gt;  Even Facebook is using text,<p>The problem with the text-only approach is that you can&#x27;t change the layout or the names of the functions visible to the user in your app or you&#x27;d face a severe backlash or blowout from your user.<p>But in the case of icons, you could still move things around and the user would find it less demanding to locate the new place of the function by identifying the pictogram quickly taking into account that we humans are better equipped to identify pictograms and shapes than text very quickly and efficiently.<p>PS: Assuming a conventional method or approach to this problem and not a hybrid or innovative one.