Well, in the Timers menu the currently recording timers are at the top of the list, and if you (like I) have a hotkey for the timer list ("Blue" in my case), then it's the same number of keypresses:
Main menu method: Menu - Right - Ok - Ok Timer menu ethod: Blue - Yellow - Ok - Menu
The last "Menu" press in the second method closes the Timers menu, while the main menu is closed automatically when stopping an instant recording. BTW: if you have more than one instant recording that you want to stop, the Timers menu method has definitely fewer keypresses.
OK you've won. I didn't know that active timers are at the top of the list. This behaviour would also be nice for the recordingslist. S.