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thanks for your reply!

I don't use folders therefore I'm assuming the categories don't show up for me. Is there another way to access the feeds directly in that case?

there should be a more intuitive way to do this; like a list of your feeds underneath the google reader header (like in, well, the google reader).

Although I am not entirely sure what you mean by 'the > icon next to any category'. The only way I could find a list of my subscriptions was in settings.