explanation, if you want
@ratbaby viewport is whatever size window/display the page is being rendered in
being able to use either width or height as a proportional measurement in any styling opens up possibilities such as constraining a circle to be the same height and width, relative to the window width
before those units, you could only use % which is a percentage of that measurement alone, so width could be proportional to width and height could be proportional to height only
@squirrel ooo I've learned things! :D