I am trying to figure out the same thing. I tried using the plugin Custom Taxonomy Order, where I could filter the attributes like I wanted. So far so good. But the plugin adds links to attribute archives (or changes the attribute settings somehow so that it appeares to have an archive, I don’t know), even if I have not chosen to create archives for the attributes. Therefor it links to a 404-page. I would love to be able to drag and drop the attributes in the main Attribute page in the same way you can drag and drop the attribute terms for each attribute.
