A small complaint about eyewear

A friendly acquaintance recently got new eyeglasses, and thereby put me in mind of a long-standing beef with the eyeglass designers of the world. At least the ones whose products get to the opticians I can visit in person: I don't like vertically-narrowed lens-frames.

What's available is getting slimmer along the vertical by the year, and I can't help but feel like my eyes are under more physical threat from the elements as a result.