When everything is bunched up together like that, I assume the tight negative space is intentional because all the buttons to the left of it (Recent, Top, Jobs) follow a separate pattern of rules for negative space. So there’s two different patterns going on in the same menu which is confusing!

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The top right corner just looks like one giant button instead of three separate ones. Symmetrical spacing between them would help, or otherwise a clear demarcation or shapes around each one or underlining 