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FlyFrames: Eyewear with No Arms (Temples)
…which I believe will introduce a UX hassle
A company called FlyFrames makes sunglasses with no arms, or temples, as they're formally called. To seat the glasses on your face, they've gone back into the past to the pince-nez design, which essentially puts a butterfly clamp between the lenses.
The company claims they're comfortable to wear for long periods, won't fall off even if you have oily skin or a small nose, and that they'll stay in place "even during intense activities like tennis."
That said, I believe the design will induce a UX hassle: Constantly smudged lenses. Maybe I'm clumsy, but I don't think I could grasp that clamp without bumping my fingertips into the lenses. One of my ongoing hassles is ridding my reading glasses of smudges from fingertip oil.
The glasses run $154, and the company says they're also working on a prescription version.
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"won't fall off even if you have oily skin or a small nose, and that
they'll stay in place 'even during intense activities like tennis.'"
Hi, glasses wearer here: lol. lmao. No.
totally agree!
Why keep the top corners that would otherwise connect to arms, if they're not needed? Clearly ignoring form follows function.
I agree. It makes them look either unfinished or broken.
I've been using glasses for more than 30 years and my biggest recurring issue is the pressure on the nose or glasses sliding down the nose... as far as I can tell (without trying them) this is an answer to a question nobody asked,
utter nonsense
"Finally"
The Morpheus shades are a great example of doing it right. They don't have any fake temple mounts. Why do these glasses with no ear pieces have vestigial temple horns? It really makes it look like something is missing.