Does the asset class have anything currently available for "queuing" the load of the assets? An example of this, is to be able to load your javascript files at the bottom of your page, rather than the <head> (as is standard for html5boilerplate and yslow recommendations).
If nothing like this exists, I'd be glad to submit an implementation of it.
As a note: I've looked at the class, but I don't see anything like this. So this is mostly a question of "Do you have a solution, or do I need to make one"
Another side note: I'd like to be able to do this via controllers or view files, and not utilize a config file every time.
That's how I do it.
My widget views use the first line to define the assets they need, my page templates use the second to render whatever the widgets need.