I waffled for several months about purchasing this bag based on other reviews, and finally decided to go ahead and do it, buying one for myself and one for a gift.  It's large, it's cute, and it is handling a large load (binders, laptops, books) without any apparent strain.  I constantly get comments on it, and am happy to refer people here to place an order. It's a little too big to be a purse, but just the right size for carrying books and lunch and laptop to work and back, and I imagine would be an excellent pool bag in the summer.  The drop length is long enough to put on my shoulder with one hand (instead of threading my arm through) except when I'm wearing a coat, when I have to thread my arm through.

The bag has a number of ways that it can be adjusted and closed, including snaps at the ends of each handle that fold the top corners in, as you see in the photos, and an interior tab/snap arrangement that holds the ends in by snapping across the top.  There's also a zipper that attached by strips that are about 4" long, but extends to the end of the bag.  The only modification I'd suggest to this bag, which I made myself with a pair of scissors, is to snip off the zipper, which I only found to get in the way.

Glad I finally went ahead and bought it.