Even this 20 line PR to bring back the most basic functionality has been languishing for 7 months https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1478037
Another experiment would be allowing the user to set the new tab page to a local html file without having to create two config files full of magic incantations.
Read about it here: https://github.com/mems/bookmarklets-context-menu
Read about it here: https://github.com/mems/bookmarklets-context-menu