The behavior of the enter key?

[erik burggraaf]

Hi friends,

I'm getting into mac os and exploring the programs bit by bit, and 
one thing above all else is really starting to irritate me.  That is 
the behavior of the enter key in finder.  It pops up a box you can 
use to rename the file or folder that has focus.  If you want to just 
open the thing you have to use command O.  What is the dang sense of 
that?  How often do you want to rename safari and itoons for example, 
compaired with the number of times you just want it to open?  Please, 
is there any way to change this aweful behavior?

Thanks,

Erik