I personally prefer Icon+Text over Text-only. And icon-only is often confusing on websites&#x2F;apps - it only works if one uses the website&#x2F;app regularly like the Office &lt;=2003 toolbar.<p>Also the recent trend for black and white icons makes them sometimes harder to understand. Colorful icons worked fine, in older Office &lt;=2010 and elsewhere. Though finding a good icon set with 500+ generic icons that fits one needs means taking compromisses.