I get where you're coming from. I was around then too. :) Then this happened: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=sticky%20header,sticky%20foo

I get where you're coming from. I was around then too. :) Then this happened: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=sticky%20header,sticky%20footer https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=sticky%2... The popular usage of "sticky headers" had the opposite meaning of "sticky" compared to "sticky footers." The usage of this word to refer to the header behavior won out and was formalized as position:sticky in CSS3 Layout. The problem now is when people use "sticky footer" in the former sense, it's misinterpreted. Note the other comments on this story.