Please try the netrw v100j from my website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#VimFuncs , see
"Network Oriented Reading, Writing, and Browsing".
May I ask: Does vimball provide a way to uninstall a vimball? If not,
maybe a vimball's contents (or a list of the files created) should be
saved in, e.g., ~/.vim/vimballs/NAME.lst so that one could at least feed
this file to rm afterwards as in: rm `cat LST`. A :VimballUninstall
command would be helpful too. With more complex plugins, it could be
necessary to uninstall a vimball before installing a new version in
order to avoid zombie files.
I think this would be helpful if vimballs gain ground and when
temporarily installing plugins/vimballs that are actually part of the
vim standard distribution. Also, this would allow to get a quick
overview over installed vimballs (:!ls ~/.vim/vimballs/*.lst).
Regards,
Thomas.