Is your personal home page an HTML files on your computer? While you can put links to about: pages in a web page, Firefox doesn't follow them. Clicks on those links will be ignored.

Can you get by with a bookmark to about:config?

Open that about: page and add it to your bookmarks toolbar. Then place it near the beginning.

The solution(s) provided come as close as possible to solving the problem. The real issue is that as of Firefox 57, those add-ons that toggle javascript cannot be used. The only replacement add-on available doesn't really toggle javascript becaus add-ons are then no longer able to cause about:config values to change. The thing that really controls javascript is the value javascript.enabled. The best I can do is to make a bookmark to about:config?javascript Then, toggle the value directly.

What Mozilla Giveth, Mozilla Taketh Away.

fuffberry said

The real issue is that as of Firefox 57, those add-ons that toggle javascript cannot be used. The only replacement add-on available doesn't really toggle javascript becaus add-ons are then no longer able to cause about:config values to change.

You could consider using a different approach, such as uMatrix or NoScript, which allow disabling scripts on a site-specific basis rather than changing your global default. I don't know if these are compatible with Firefox 57 today, but they should be by the time of release. Both are somewhat complicated tools, so hopefully someone will create some clear documentation on how to use them most simply.

Some places react differently depending upon javascript enabled/disabled. Disabling script just masks the issue.

Some places take note of those who visit without javascript enabled. If they detect the minority of their user base who comes in without javascript has shrunk significantly, they may decide to require javascript.

Sites that use Capcha (or whatever the name of that anti-robot stuff is - detect javascript enabled/disabled. If disabled, they explain that you need to enable javascript. If javascript is enabled by scripting is disabled (as the new javascript toggle does) then you get left on a blank page with no explanation.

From your reply, I'm not sure what behavior/result you want. I use NoScript with the default "paranoid" setting. No scripts run from any given server until I approve them. Sometimes I have to go through two cycles of grant permissions and reload the page to see the content I'm interested in; sometimes more. That works for me.