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by renewiltord 132 days ago
For comparison tables and dense information, overuse of detail is noise. Text is required to avoid a legend, and color is useful to distinguish among many, but icons add no distinction. This is not universal. The classic comparison involves only two icons: green box checked white and red x or red container crossed white. In this case text is unhelpful.

I have never found text plus icon useful in a table that has colour.